#NameThatPolice: Police photo warning sparks social media outcry
29 Mar 2015, 12:55 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The Maldives Police Services on Friday warned social media users against harassing and posting photos of individual officers online, prompting a social media outcry with dozens of Twitter users posting pictures of police brutality with the hashtag #NameThatPolice.
“Publicizing photos of individual police officers, with warnings, on social media is unacceptable,” the police said, claiming the act was aimed at intimidating police officers and inciting hatred towards the police force.
Appealing to social media users to be more responsible, the police warned of penalties against continued harassment.
The warning came after opposition supporters started circulating photos of individual police officers accusing them of criminality, brutality and bribery. The police statement, however, appears to have escalated matters.
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